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Omicron strain, has accounted for around 59% of national cases in the week ending december 25. despite this, president biden says travel restrictions on eight southern african countries will end shortly and so far, authorities are determined not to impose restrictions limiting day to day interactions. professor bill hanage is an epidemiologist from the harvard th chan school of public health. he gave me his assessment of the surge in omicron cases in the us.

You all. coronavirus hospitalizations hit a new record today. the acting fda commissioner says most people are going to get covid. and the focus needs to be on how to keep the country functioning while that happens. and dr. fauci vividly describes the danger that senator rand pauls attacks are posing to faucis family. thats ahead. st 26 pounds and i feel incredible. with the new personalpoints program, i answered questions about my goals and the foods i love. i like that the ww personalpoint...

Care. i think thats a key question that nicola sturgeon is going to face this afternoon. the welsh government is providing schools and colleges with £103 million in funding, as the new term gets under way. nearly half will be earmarked for capital repair and improvement work, with a focus on health and safety measures, including improving ventilation. the bulk of the remainder will help schools deal with the impact of the pandemic. well, the cabinet is meeting to discuss whether to carry on wit...

That very notion, its a new form of a trojan horse that i think well be exploring for many years to come. as you also mentioned, january would have been enough to cover very historic occasions and write volumes in textbooks for years to come but then you also have the pandemic and as you said, people thought if 2020 was the worst year that 2021 would be the end of the pandemic. youve got vaccines available throughout the year. did you think we would be where we are right now ending the year with...

Thanks to a massive surge in covid infections that has already dwarfed the previous peak. new modeling this week shows if left uncheck, infections in denmark could be ten times that number followed by record high hospital admissions by christmas and well beyond in the new year. >> the epidemiologist in charge of managing the risk of new variants in denmark. the country blessed with more than three quarters of its population. but danes are quickly discovering that two shots are no match for the n...

Have, i believe, a moral obligation to take action. >> sean: joining me know, board-certified md and phd research scientist and dr. peter mcauliffe, epidemiologist based in dallas, texas. thank you for joining me. so how is it that some of these parts of the country are resorting to the same policies that didnt work two years ago and have been so damaging to our kids? >> frankly, i think in my opinion as a parent, as a physician, as a scientist, and even someone whos been the leader of the reope...

Putting a strain on testing capabilities, the long lines in public, it is a multi-faceted failure and theres plenty of blame to go around. a recent fda test required that a molecular test were causing false negative results in late december. the test was modified, but the damage had been done. there was a recent "new york times" report that revealed cdc tests were not only contaminated, but also poorly designed back in early 2020 at the start of the pandemic. and then theres reporting from "vani...

Again, this was not really something that was touched on a lot in the governors address. instead, he was really focused on criticizing the federal government and its response to this crisis. >> we have protected the right of our citizens to earn a living, provided our businesses with the ability to prosper, fought back against unconstitutional federal mandates and ensured our kids had the opportunity to thrive. florida has become the escape patch for those chafing under authoritarian, arbitrary,...

Weekend shows that if left unchecked, infections in denmark could be ten times that number, followed by record high hospital admissions by christmas and well beyond in the new year. charles is the epidemiologist in charge of managing the risk of new variants in denmark, a country blessed with more than three quarters of its population double vaccinated. but dans are quickly discovering that two shots are no match for the new more infectious variant. and the booster shot program simply cannot kee...

Much. during the senate committee hearing this morning, dr. anthony fauci called out republican senator rand paul again over the dangers of covid misinformation. >> so, your desire to take down people -- >> youre absolutely incorrect as usual, senator. you are incorrect, almost everything you say. >> no, you deny, but the emails tell the truth of this. >> no. you keep coming back to personal attacks on me that have absolutely no relevance to reality. >> do you think anybody has had more influe...